High School South’s theater department presents “Brighton Beach Memoirs,” a poignant comedy following the life of Eugene Jerome, a Polish-Jewish American teenager growing up in Brooklyn during the 1930s. Eugene dreams of baseball and girls while coping with chaotic, everyday family life — a worrywart mother, an idolized big brother, a distant aunt, a beautiful cousin, a tirelessly working father, and a cousin who supposedly crumbles at the touch. This American classic by Neil Simon was the first in a trilogy, followed by “Biloxi Blues” and “Broadway Bound.” Show dates are Thursday to Saturday, November 19 to 21, at 7:30 p.m. in the South Playhouse. Tickets are $10.
Cast members include Eric Judson, Robert Rackmil, Marco Kaisth, Lora Riehl, Sophia DiLeo, Emma Kothari, and Adrienne Kaplowitz. Production staff includes Carmen Jung, stage manager; Anika Vincent, assistant stage manager; Gabriella Alvarez, props mistress; Emma Mattio-Smith, props assistant; and costume team members Emma Fecko and Luna Vasic.
Lighting crew members include Erica Anderson, Mark Grossman, Dana Jung, Tyler Grabo, Alexander Juzeniw, Chelsea Mclean, Pretha Prabhakar, Tanvi Gandhi, Liza Khrypkova, Sharon Diao, Nikos Karris-Flores, Barath Srinivasan, Joselyn Arevalo, and AJ Cariaga.
Set construction and stage crew members include Maddie Kartoz, Angelica Qin, Kira Sung, Anjali Vejendla, Shreya Vuttaluru, Prishita Jasani, Denise Cherdak, Lydia Hitchcock, Rahael George, Priyanka Mohandas, Megha Mohandas, and Isabelle Meiers.
On stage at High School North will be Neil Simon’s “The Odd Couple” on Thursday to Saturday, November 19 to 21, at 7:30 p.m.; and on Sunday, November 22, at 2 p.m. Tickets are $10.
When compulsive neatnik Felix Ungar is thrown out of his house by his wife, he winds up at the apartment of his best friend, incorrigibly sloppy and divorced sportswriter Oscar Madison. Worried that Felix will try something desperate, Oscar invites Felix to move in with him.
Within a few days, this mismatched pair is on the verge of disaster. To improve the situation, Oscar arranges a romantic evening for himself and Felix with the Pigeon sisters, two attractive upstairs neighbors. Felix, ruminating over his wife and children, reduces the ladies to tears over their own broken marriages. Pushed to the brink after finding the trio in tears, Oscar plans revenge while Felix starts thinking about another place to live. Could anything save this relationship?
Actors include Jake Rosenthal, Reuben Van Eck, Pia Pal, Katrina Beske, Matt Zupancic, Scott Gelb, Julianna Yasson, Sanjana Tewathia, Melissa Sternbach, Trinity Stewart, Neha Vasudevan, Isabelle Bannon, Nicole Potenza, Lindsay Devlin, Chloe Smith, Shaheerah Hussein, Holly Beske, Jack Hanna, Kellen Kadakia, Ben Sasportas, and Arhant Shah
Crew members include Alex Arias, Akash Bajpai, Alekhya Battini, Hrudai Battini, Mehar Bharatiya, Chaya Binik, Elena Boal, Leshya Bokka, Michael Brent, Audrey Chen, Jonathan Chen, Nidhi Chitnis, Henry Chu, Peter Covic, Chahana Das, Jack Devine, Shinjini Dhar, Annmarie Diaz, Beatriz Feijo, Michelle Giang, Tara Gideon, Samantha Gong, Dan-Anh Hoang, Sarah Hudes, Montira Hyde, Abdullah Hyder, Noor Khan, Michael Knox, Teja Kondeti, Amanda Lagana, Julia Laresch, Ariya Lau, Alyssa Leung, Izzy Levatino, Miriam Lubin, Michael Maa, Ashley Marrazzo, and Siddha Mavurom.
Also, Ishani Nautiyal, Sampoojya Nyalakonda, Deborah Onyuka, Olivia Paranich, Sruti Pari, Ashini Patel, Riya Patel, Jessica Polin, Gayathri Pratha, David Qiun, Michelle Randolph, Meghana Reddy, Brooke Rosenberg, Matthew Rubin, Trinity Sapon, Kathryn Salguero, Ana Sandoval, Oliver Sapon, Talia Saroya, Kruti Shah, Tanvi Shah, Jonathan Shimo, Maria Silva, Polina Sinchak, Joshua Skula, Supraja Sowmiyanarayanan, Philip Sung, Dougziana Thomas-Chan, Lauren Torracioglu, Henry Wang, Dennis White, Lea Woodham, Liya Yang, and Theodore Yasson.
Donations of used eyeglasses will be accepted for Service for Sight, an organization that donates corrective eyewear to people who cannot afford to buy their own.
Brighton Beach Memoirs, High School South, 346 Clarksville Road, West Windsor. Neil Simon play. $10. 609-716-5050. www.ww-p.org.
The Odd Couple, High School North, 90 Grovers Mill Road, Plainsboro. Neil Simon’s comedy. $10. 609-716-5100. www.ww-p.org.
